Railway-ticket.



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PATENT'ED NOV. 29, LQLL.

W. H. BARNE. RAILWAY TICKET.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 21, 1904.

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W. H. BARNES.

RAILWAY TICKET.

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VVlLIiIAM H. BARNES, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 775,911, dated November 29, 1904.

Application led January 2l, 1904. Serial No. 190,033. (No model.)

To all when?, t rita/y concern:

Be it known that I, 1V ILLIAM H. BAnNns, a citizen ofthe United States of America, residing at lhicago, in the county of (look and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Tickets, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the applicationblank furnished by the agent or other in authority and which is to be filled in by applicant when desiring to purchase a ticket. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the credential furnished by agent or other in authority to the purchaser of ticket, being' employed in connection with the identiiication of the traveler.

The primary object of my invention is to provide as a substitute for the well-known forms of railway-tickets and mileage-credentials a new form of ticket and mileage-credential,whereby mistakes and misunderstandings as well as the fraudulent use of tickets can be obviated; to prevent scalping of tickets and fraudulent use of credentials, and to make a more perfect ticket and credential, whereby the transportation companies can realize their just compensation for the passenger trailic sold and delivered by them.

Another object of my invention is to provide a method of recognizing and identifying' the holder or purchaser of the credential, pass, or permit not only by his signature and photograph, but in addition thereto by the description that is required to be iilled out in the application described and shown in Fig. l and which is counterparted in Fig. 2 as to identification by autograph, photograph, and description of person. Thus a person securing a ticket, credential, or pass is required to write his name to show that it corresponds to his signature contained in Figs. l and 2, and he or she must resemble the photograph and answer to the description of the descriptive features, thus avoiding any mistakes of identication.

The method of securing the ticket or credential shown in Fig. 1 is set forth in the application required to be signed and is designated by letter It, which gives the forni of application. Letter A, is the place where applicant for privilege signs his name or autograph. Iietter C designates stamping-eqn are for the place where agent is required to put the stamp of corporation or transportation company. Squares marked l) I) are for the purposes of pinning two photographs of applicant to be furnished by him or her for privileges to be obtained under this method of securing transportation ijirivileges, and to the spaces marked D in F l he or she must attach two (Q) photographs in the spaces shown by a pin, and thereafter the saine can be more securely attached either to the application or privilege, whether pass or credential orticket.

After the application set forth and described in the drawings under Fig. l has been iilled out by the signature of applicant, witnesses, and the two photographs of applicant attached thereto then the agent or transportation company will issue a form of credential or mileage-ticket or pass in conformity with and in exactness near so to correspond with the application for the means of identification of the holder thereof.

The object of two ihotographs to be attached to the application marked in Fig. 1 in space I) is for the purpose of holding the one for reference of the transportation company and the other for means of identilication of the user of the credential, mileage, or pass holder, and the object of the signature tothe application and to the credential, ticket, or pass is to aid the agent to the transportation companies in recognizing the holder thereof by requiring him or her to sign their names in proof of their identiiication.

Fig. 2 represents a form of credential is-` sued on the application of Fig. 1, heretofore described. On the left of Fig. 2 there is a blank space to attach a, photograph of applicant, (designated by letter A,) the stamp el' the transiiiortation comijianv issuing same in space designated by letter B, and the descriptive features of the applicant under the letter designated il. rlhe next part of the same figure is to be lilled out, the contract and conditions of the credi-intiale, and marked and designated by letter IY and is to be signed by applicant in space marked MAiutograph.7` lf same is over various lines of railroads or l lations of the issuing company, subject to transportation companies, the same can be inserted in the right-hand space (marked and designated on Fig. 2 by the letter E) and signed by the agent who issued same and l l i i l stamped by the transportation companies at Q issuing party marks the lines over which the place designated Stamp on both Figs. 1 and 2.

The complete systems of use may be more specifically set forth as follows: The application-blank is supplied to the would-be purchaser of a privilege by the local agent, ticket seller, general agent, or other person duly authorized by the company. This applicationblank is given a number at the place a, designated at top of the blank or at any other desired place on the blank. At the place marked the name of the railroad or other companies issuing the application-blank is to be retained, stamped, or otherwise marked followed by the date of making application at c. The identification-data in space B is then filled in to correspond with the description of the applicant, this being' done either by the applicant or by the issuing agent, as may be desired, and when done by the agent or by one in his office such data as is necessary to the proper filling in of the description is furnished by the applicant. The applicant is required to sign this blank at the three spaces marked A and D D, and two (2) witnesses to his or her signature is required at CZ. The agent or other issuing party ofiicially stamps the application at C, and applicant must furnish two (Q) photographs or other facsimile likeness, which are pinned or otherwise detachably connected for the time being to the spaces D D. This application-blank thus completed is to be retained by the issuer, (or sent by him to the auditors oflce, as may be required,) and the agent or other party having authority to sell tickets then takes the credential-blank, (illustrated in Fig. 2,) and which has an indicating member corresponding to that of the applicant, and detaching one of the photographs from one of spaces D (application-blank) afiixes same (preferably by pasting or other means, so it may not be removed at will) in space A or credential shown in Fig. 2. This credential is to be given to the purchaser of the ticket, the receiver of the pass, or any person who secures privilege from the company. The credential may be for convenience sake made in the form of a folder, and the issuing party afxes the stamp of the company at B B B on the parts C, D, and E. Each of the parts C, D', and E have a number corresponding and also corresponding to thenumber on the application-blank. The issuing party indicates on the part C the distinguishing features of the purchasers personality or characteristics to conform to the descriptive data contained in space B of the applicationblank. ln the part D of the credential the issuing party fills in any conditions or stipuwhich the user of the ticket or other privilege secures the same, and this part D is required to be signed by the applicant to agree with his or her signature afliXed to the applicationblank. In the part E of the credential the ticket purchased or pass issued may be used` affiXes the stamp of the company to this part of the credential, and also affixes his own signature. This credential or certificate issued by the company therefore conforms to the application-blank, which is retained by them and is generally adapted to be issued in connection with any single or round trip ticket, mileage-book, or pass, though in the latter case it may serve as the pass itself by being issued by one having authority to issue it and mark it as a pass. It thus forms a direct and positive identification of the person presenting the ticket or pass as beingthe proper person entitled to travel by virtue of the privilege and absolutely prevents scalping and frauds. not be renewed but .once a year (or in any time that may be designated and required by the issuing company) and is always accompanied bythe ticket, pass, or other privilege, or, in other words, the privilege issued is accompanied by the credential or certificate as a means of identification and is not in itself a privilege entitling the holder to transportation unless it is specically so stated or designated in space D. The conductor may require the traveler to show the credential or certificate if he has doubts as to the person holding the ticket being the one entitled to the privilege of traveling'.

Figs. l and 2 correspond in identifying the applicant for the privileges secured by the autograph, photograph, and descriptive features, and hence all manner of frauds upon transportation companies are obviated. Besides this each credential or ticket is numbered, as is shown in Fig. Q by number 808.505, and should be numbered consecu-` tively. It is also a means whereby in case of injury or accident to the holder of such ticket, credential, or privilege the transportation companies may be saved from excessive loss in case of accident to persons who desire to recover excessive damages when such travelers are not sound or whole in body and also a means of identification of such persons should they be killed in an accident.

This ticket or credential, as shown in Fig.

The credential or certificate may TOO rio

Q, represents a folder consisting of three parts folding' the same as an envelop. It may not be necessary to limit the same to this construction. However, the same can be placed all on a single sheet or other material.

What l claim isl. A check or identification means for railway-tickets comprising a numbered application-blank designated to receive a description of the applicant, the signature oi' the applicant, and the photograph of 'the applicant, in combination with a credential or certilicate for possession bythe user, said credential or ceru titicate bearing a number, the photograph of the applicant or user, a description of the user, the signature oi' the user, the application-blank being` for possession by the issuing transportation company and bearing a number identical With the number borne by said certificate or credential, said certilicate or credential .having three divisions, each correspondingly numbered, one of the divisions being designated to receive the road over Which the ticket is issued for.

2. A combined railway-ticket and applica- WILLIAM ll. BARNES.

Witnesses:

LoUIs H. BERGER, SIMON BERGER. 

